AnOr 07, 206

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101501

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101501.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[x] ug3-IL2# 4(ban2)-ta
[x] ug3-IL2# 3(ban2)-ta
u4 1(u) 8(disz)-sze3
dusu gub-ba
9(disz) ug3-IL2 4(ban2)-ta
6(disz) ug3-IL2 3(ban2)-ta#
a la2-a kesz2-ta#
[...] x x-ta u2-du# [...]
[kun]-zi#-da i7 [...]-x
ugula za3-mu
kiszib3 lu2-szara2
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
lu2-szara2
dub-[sar]
dumu iri!-bar!-[re]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 206. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y4 — En-unugal of Inanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101501) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101501..

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